LaToya Jordan ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) won the 2023 Shirley Jackson Award for her debut novella To the Woman in the Pink Hat (Aqueduct Press). The Shirley Jackson Awards were…
Antioch Holds Seven Commencements From Coast to Coast
Antioch University held seven commencements between May and September to celebrate the over 1,200 students who graduated and became alumni over the last year. Commencements were held on all five…
Russell Thornhill Featured in Los Angeles Black Oral History Project
Russell E. Thornhill ’13, ‘14 (Los Angeles, BA in Liberals Studies; MA in Organizational Management) is featured in the Los Angeles Black Oral History project with 14 other community leaders. …
Valerie Johns Publishes Poetic Memoir “Ashes in the Milk”
Valerie Johns ’90 (Los Angeles, MA) published a new, poetic memoir, Ashes in the Milk on August 27, 2024. Ashes in the Milk bridges the gap between self-help, vulnerable narrative,…
Diego Ortiz Quintero is the New Director of Media Relations at Mount Sinai Health System
Diego Ortiz Quintero ‘17 (Los Angeles, MA in Nonprofit Management) recently became Director of Media Relations at Mount Sinai Health System, the largest hospital network in New York City. He…
Sue Fagalde Lick Publishes Two Books and One Forthcoming
Sue Fagalde Lick ‘03 (Los Angeles, MFA) has just published a new poetry chapbook, Blue Chip Stamp Guitar (The Poetry Box) and a full-length collection, Dining Al Fresco with My…
Tim Cummings’ Young Adult Novel to be Published
Tim Cummings ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA) will have his young adult novel, The Thistle, The I-H, & The 8 Hugging Snakes, will be published by Black Rose Writing in the…
We Are the Storytellers: How MFA Alum Ligiah Villalobos Is Changing Film and TV Writing
Ligiah Villalobos Rojas was an executive at The Walt Disney Company, where part of her job was to review scripts written by fellows in the Writing Fellowship Program, giving each…
Margaret Anne Kean Publishes Four Poems
Margaret Anne Kean ’20 (Los Angeles, MFA) had four poems published in the San Antonio Review. Kean’s debut chapbook collection, Cleaving the Clouds, was published by Kelsay Books in 2023.Her…
Tom Pyun to Publish Debut Novel
Tom Pyun ‘21 (Los Angeles, MFA) will have his debut novel, Something Close To Nothing, published this fall. The book provides a darkly comedic perspective on a troubled relationship within…
Andromeda Romano-Lax Publishes “The Deepest Lake”
Andromeda Romano-Lax ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her novel The Deepest Lake published by Soho Crime on May 7, 2024. It was an Editors’ Pick at Amazon and listed as…
Kate Maruyama Featured in Shoutout LA
Kate Maruyama ’09 (Los Angeles, MFA) was interviewed by Shoutout LA for the article “Kate Maruyama writes, teaches, edits, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles.” In the article, Maruyama shares…